The inbox folder will also contain 3 hidden files (.claws_cache. Depending on your former mailbox structure, the mails may be sorted into subfolders. It should show all former mails, each of them stored as a single file (with the file name indicating its number).
Additionally, they provide some hands-on information on how to configure Claws Mail with regards to accounts, templates, expiry rules and filtering rules (similar to what you know from and used in KMail). The sections below describe how to prepare the migration and how to convert and import the mails and addresses into Claws Mail.
But apart from names and e-mail addresses, the Claws Mail address book can also store and import data like postal addresses, phone numbers, or information about a contact's home page or organization. However, if most or all of your mails were saved in maildir format, you have to convert them into MH format first.Ĭompared to KAddressBook, the Claws Mail address book appears to be rather basic at first sight - as Claws does not want to be a fully-fledged PIM (Personal Information Management) application. If you used mbox format in KMail, importing the mails into Claws Mail can be done directly via a Claws Mail plugin. Whereas KMail uses maildir or mbox format to save mails, Claws Mail uses MH format. You use one or more POP3 accounts and have large amounts of mail and address book data you want to transfer from KMail to Claws Mail.
You want to migrate from KMail to Claws Mail on openSUSE 12.1.